STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1296, sig. 109-4/1050

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OV 9.Blat to the activity report for the period from 1/1. to 15./4.1944. THE PRIMATOR-STELLVERTRETER - THE MAIN STATE PRAG. CNCES to push the air protection structures forward accordingly quickly, a simplified construction permit mode has been established, according to which construction plans are only submitted to the police president for the purpose of obtaining the decision of the commander of the police order. b The Construction Police Department continues to deal with a large number of ODeL applications for exemptions from the construction ban. The number of buildings released by the Urban Construction Police in the first three months of this year amounted to 106 cases, while 275 other cases were forwarded to the Ministry of Transport and Technology, for example, to the Order Police Commander. a In the reporting period of Beaetl, the municipal regulatory office ensured above all the security of all plans related to urban regulation, which must be regarded as irreplaceable documents. A plethora of photographs of other plans are also produced in order to obtain the greatest possible security of the archive material. The Road Construction Office launched an advertising campaign this spring - with the slogan "Schonet the Pavement". Small pieces of paper were placed in large numbers in public places, in order to point out the importance of this task. w As in previous years, the cultivation of vegetables was also given great attention this spring. Despite the narrowing of the previous building site on the Sommerberg by the construction of the student barracks, it has become possible to increase the vegetable area compared to the previous year by a full hectare to the total of l4.5 ha. The bridge building office has particularly successfully adapted itself to the requirements of a remote damage of bridges by air attacks. Contracts have been concluded with private contractors to secure the material and the necessary labour force, and special construction teams have also been set up in cooperation with the government force.